In 2021, just under one fifth of Dutch employees were trade union members. Over half of survey respondents, 53.5 percent, who had not joined a trade union said they had never seriously consider becoming a member. Another 13 percent stated that membership for them was not useful, because trade unions lacked influence on their working conditions.
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Statistics on Job market in the Netherlands
Labor force
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- Premium Statistic Employed labor force in the Netherlands 2003-2023
- Premium Statistic Netherlands: labor force 2021, by age and gender
- Premium Statistic Gross and net labor participation in the Netherlands 2003-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of jobs in the Netherlands 2016-2023
- Premium Statistic Annual change of the active working population in the Netherlands 2019-2024
Unemployment
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- Premium Statistic Unemployment rate in the Netherlands 2003-2022
- Premium Statistic Unemployment rate in the Netherlands per month 2003-2023
- Basic Statistic Forecast of unemployment rate in the Netherlands 2013-2023
- Basic Statistic Youth unemployment rate in Netherlands in 2021
- Premium Statistic Unemployment rate Amsterdam 2003-2021
- Premium Statistic Size of the unemployed labor force in the Netherlands 2003-2022
- Premium Statistic Monthly unemployed labor force in the Netherlands 2003-2023
Salaries
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- Basic Statistic Netherlands: average annual salary and bonuses 2021
- Premium Statistic Average annual salary in the Netherlands 2021, by age
- Premium Statistic Average annual wage in the Netherlands 2021, by sector
- Premium Statistic Average annual salary in the Netherlands 2021, by contract type
- Premium Statistic Average gross annual salary in the Netherlands 2021, by education level
- Premium Statistic Average gross annual salary in the Netherlands 2021, by province
Working hours
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- Basic Statistic Average weekly hours worked on the main job in the Netherlands 2001-2021
- Premium Statistic Average weekly working hours in the Netherlands 2021, by age
- Premium Statistic Average working hours per job per year in the Netherlands 2021, by sector
- Premium Statistic Number of jobs in the Netherlands 2021, by working hours
- Premium Statistic Number of days worked per week in the Netherlands 2021
- Premium Statistic Prevalence of working overtime in the Netherlands 2021
Trade unions
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- Premium Statistic Share of people who are trade union members in the Netherlands 2008-2021
- Premium Statistic Share of people who are trade union members in the Netherlands 2021, by age
- Premium Statistic Share of people who are trade union members in the Netherlands 2021, by industry
- Premium Statistic Reasons not to be a trade union member in the Netherlands 2021
- Premium Statistic Total number of FNV trade union members in the Netherlands 2000-2017
- Premium Statistic Total number of CNV members in the Netherlands 2000-2017
- Premium Statistic Total number of VCP members in the Netherlands 2000-2017
Further related statistics
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- Italy: public trust in trade unions 1997-2017
- Members of CISL (Italian Confederation of Trade Unions) 2017, by region
- Members of CGIL (Italian General Confederation of Labor) 2017, by region
- Prevalence of employee representation bodies in companies in the Netherlands 2021
- Total number of trade union members in the Netherlands 2017, by organization
- Trade union density in Ireland from 2000 to 2014
- Trade union density in Germany from 2000 to 2013
- Trade union density in Austria from 2000 to 2013
- Share of publishing employees in the U.S. 2018, by position and gender
- Trade union wage premium in the UK 1995-2021
- Total number of trade union members in the Netherlands 2000-2017
- Trade union density in the Netherlands from 2000 to 2013
- Trade union density in Italy from 2000 to 2013
- Italy: trust in trade unions 2006-2018
- Ranking of the most trusted labor unions in France 2020
- Industry revenue of “activities of trade unions“ in the United Kingdom 2012-2025
- Employee organization members in Denmark 2021, by organization type
- Employees in construction industry New Zealand 2019 by employee count
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- Italy: public trust in trade unions 1997-2017
- Members of CISL (Italian Confederation of Trade Unions) 2017, by region
- Members of CGIL (Italian General Confederation of Labor) 2017, by region
- Prevalence of employee representation bodies in companies in the Netherlands 2021
- Total number of trade union members in the Netherlands 2017, by organization
- Trade union density in Ireland from 2000 to 2014
- Trade union density in Germany from 2000 to 2013
- Trade union density in Austria from 2000 to 2013
- Share of publishing employees in the U.S. 2018, by position and gender
- Trade union wage premium in the UK 1995-2021
- Total number of trade union members in the Netherlands 2000-2017
- Trade union density in the Netherlands from 2000 to 2013
- Trade union density in Italy from 2000 to 2013
- Italy: trust in trade unions 2006-2018
- Ranking of the most trusted labor unions in France 2020
- Industry revenue of “activities of trade unions“ in the United Kingdom 2012-2025
- Employee organization members in Denmark 2021, by organization type
- Employees in construction industry New Zealand 2019 by employee count
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TNO & Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid & Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Why are you not a member of a trade union? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1058855/reasons-not-to-be-a-trade-union-member-in-the-netherlands/ (last visited March 28, 2023)
Why are you not a member of a trade union? [Graph], TNO, & Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid, & Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, April 20, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1058855/reasons-not-to-be-a-trade-union-member-in-the-netherlands/